You can LOBBY anyone. It is the great equalizer." – Chief of Staff Russell Jackson

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

Lawyers are lubricants are complicated social intercourse.

When everything seems to be lacking integrity, you find it in yourself.

Maybe the best way for you to get us to summon our better selves is for you to show us yours.

We need to forgive the adolescent versions of ourselves, if only because we need the practice to forgive those who are maturing awkwardly in our lives.

I do have to prioritize my end-of-the-world documents.

Protests can sometimes, necessarily, simplify things.

We need heroes who'll inspire us so that maybe next time we'll dig a little deeper and find our best self.

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

I miss my singing career very much.

Jnana yoga is practical.

A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

It is not the number of Kata you know, but the SUBSTANCE of the Kata you have acquired.

How come nobody wants to argue with me? Is it because I'm always so right?

For me, boxing isn't about hurting each other. Boxing is entertainment and making people happy.

Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down there.

Generations pass while some tree stands, and old families last not three oaks.

No nation is permitted to live in ignorance with impunity